hello october!

hangin' with grandma jojo at rogers gardens...
another vision of heaven for gav, the choo-choo....




playing a lovely tune on the wind chimes
(for everyone within a mile to enjoy!)




sheer HEAVEN!
our local fire station openhouse






practice! practice! practice!




the boots!
his favorite thing to wear...
(of course i didn't get a picture when
he had them on when it was actually raining.)





gav & sophi's new favorite game...

here and there in september....

many many wonderful moments...
just a few of my favs....

my lil' artist and sophi!

he's art-directing me here....


racing for the cure...


after the race, but before the game...
football in hand checking out the fun stuff at michaels...


football!
the saturday outfit...

the sunday outfit!

mama, you do it too!



all decked out in his blue ribbon gear
after spending time with aunt jennifer
and cousin natalie at the office...

johan's birthday party!
bouncin' with the birthday boy and kian....


trying out the big-boy underwear and the potty...
still "practicing", but not too bad!

labor day weekend: lake mead

some awesome quality time with the rogers and the van dorp families!

first life jacket, first boat-ride!

our "camp" for the day...



hangin' with his girlie, keilani....


the master of disaster!

our lil' santa cruz roadtrip!

at the end of August, we roadtripped it up to santa cruz for some quality aunt kendra & uncle jim time, a little camping, an afternoon with aunt erika & darek and the monterey bay aquarium!

ok, a bit stir-crazy after a looonnnnnnng afternoon of driving.
almost home!!!



lovin' the aquarium!
(especially "nemo"!)

aunt kendra giving some tlc and first aid after
gav and hana's (kendra's kitty-cat)"exchange"...

:) good times...

on the steam engine...
choooo choooo!

g'mornin campers!



helping dad...

heading over to the beach...
across the street from kendra's house!

"big trip in the truck"!
(the quote of the day)

....and they're off!

for our friend Brian's birthday,
we spent the day at the Del mar race track...

Teresa and Mari had an educational car-ride with a 2-year old...
glad to have finally made it to the track!


looking for horsies! (or "neighs" as Gav says)

aha! we finally found the walking circle...
Gav is happily greeting each horse!

party party party!
(Brian, the b-day boy is back, left)

taking a break...

on the ride home...
apparently Cheez-its are a toy AND a snack!

rockin' out!
boom-boom pow dancing with Mari and Teresa

the back seat crew...
definitely a better ride on the way home!

Tres Generaciones: boys weekend in Florida!

Mark, Grandpa Marvin and Gav took a guys trip to
Florida recently to visit Great-Uncle Dan!

en route to florida!

cozy flight...


winding down and getting close to bedtime???


eating on the road....

grandma jojo's birthday....

for grandma jojo's birthday, AE (aunt erika) came down to help us celebrate... it was a fun mellow weekend... the beachclub, the park, yummy bbq in the backyard and good times!

AE, gav and karson read before bedtime...



gav really loves the happy birthday part!



happy happy grandma doh-doh!


potty time! every now and then.... just practicing.